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From the Bond Buyer – Atlanta, GA (May 18, 1999) by Robert Whalen Even as the ink dried on a second private-label agreement with a financial advisory firm, MuniAuction Inc. was closing a separate deal with a Washington, D.C.-based investment group — selling a minority stake in the company for $6 million. The cash fronted… Read more »

From the Bond Buyer – Atlanta, GA (April 13, 1999) by Robert Whalen The Tennessee Local Development Authority is breaking new ground by electronically selling $33 million of bond anticipation notes next week. The Ban deal, scheduled for April 22, marks the first time short-term tax- exempt debt securities will be electronically sold. Bids will… Read more »

From the USA Today – November 19, 1997 Bonds Auctioned Over the Net By the Associated Press PITTSBURGH – This city shook up the cloistered world of municipal finance Tuesday with a first-ever sale of bonds over the Internet. Pittsburgh also broke new ground by selling its $70 million issue in a live auction, which… Read more »

From the Bond Buyer – Wednesday, November 19, 1997 Pittsburgh Uses Internet for Pioneering GO Sale Maturity-by-Maturity Auction Draws 26 Firms By Robert Whalen PITTSBURGH – Officials in this city yesterday took a bold step into the future when they became the first to auction municipal debt on a maturity- by-maturity basis exclusively through the… Read more »

City First in Nation to Use Internet to Market, Sell Municipal Bonds By Johnna A. Pro Just minutes into a bond sale yesterday, Mayor Murphy leaned over to two attorneys sitting in his conference room. “What time is it? I’m so nervous,” he whispered in between sips on a soft drink. The mayor paced back… Read more »

From The Bond Buyer – Pittsburgh, PA (June 4, 1997) by Richard Richtmyer Competitive bidding for municipal bonds is coming to the World Wide Web. Grant Street Advisers, a Pittsburgh-based financial advisory firm, has developed a prototype Website where issuers selling bonds competitively will be able to do so over the Internet. Called MuniAuction, it’s… Read more »